Investigators have disclosed new allegations against Israel's embattled prime minister in a corruption probe. The Scandal could bring change in leadership, as we hear from Robert Berger at the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olm...
U.S. President George Bush has signed legislation expanding the government's surveillance powers. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House the measure also protects telecommunication companies from lawsuits stemming from assistance they prov...
By Cindy Saine Washington 18 January 2008 Google's philanthropic arm has announced $25 million in new grants and investment to help make the world a better place. The computer search engine is focusing on projects that include disease and disaster pr...
By Greg Flakus Houston 02 November 2007 The US Border Patrol is expanding a program along the Mexican border in Texas through which illegal aliens are prosecuted and are subject to fines and imprisonment for illegal entry. As VOA's Greg Flakus report...
By Brian Wagner Miami 16 October 2007 United Nations officials have agreed to extend the peacekeeping mission in Haiti as part of a plan to add more international police. VOA's Brian Wagner recently visited the Caribbean nation, where officials say t...
By Suzanne Presto New York 10 August 2007 The United Nations Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution that expands the U.N. role in Iraq. From VOA's United Nations Bureau, Suzanne Presto reports the U.N. will play a larger role in broke...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 26 September 2006 A man reads a newspaper behind a bus window painted with the EU sign and a map of Bulgaria, in Sofia, September 25, 2006 The European Union gives the green light today for Romania and Bulgaria to join the 25-me...
By Efam Dovi Accra 16 August 2006 In Ghana an estimated 400,000 of the country's 20 million people are infected with HIV/AIDS. But, in a country where the majority of the people are classified as poor, getting the proper treatment to these people is...
By Al Pessin Washington 05 June 2006 US Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, left, talks with Vietnamese PM Phan Van Khai in Hanoi U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld travels to Indonesia Tuesday...
THIS IS AMERICA - Kennedy Center to Expand Arts Education By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, March 07, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus....